A man has been charged with manslaughter after a Prudhoe man died following a suspected assault.
At 9.40am on December 10 last year, police attended a property in Woodhead Road in Prudhoe following a report of a disturbance.
Officers found 79-year-old Roy Clayton who had sustained a serious neck injury consistent with having been assaulted. Sadly, four days after the suspected assault, he died in hospital.